Chris Jones

No. 95 · 11th season

Jones knows why the Chiefs missed the playoffs, and he's starting with himself

For the first time in over a decade, the Kansas City Chiefs spent January at home. No playoffs. No run. Just a long offseason and a lot of questions.

Chris Jones has been at the center of this team's defense for years — a defensive tackle who disrupts games and changes what offenses dare to do. When things go wrong for Kansas City, his name is part of the conversation whether he wants it to be or not.

Jones isn't running from that. He's acknowledged the Chiefs missed the playoffs for reasons bigger than any one person, but he's also pointed at himself — specifically at his sack production, something he says he wants to be better. That kind of honesty is rare. Most players talk about the team. Jones is talking about Jones.

There's something clarifying about a team's best defender deciding the answer starts with him. It doesn't fix anything yet. But it tells you what kind of season he's preparing for.

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